The cost of Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) rescue programmes in Somalia, which was part of the campaign "For your sake Somalia," has reached AED14 million.

The programmes that were undertaken in April and May benefitted at least 50,000 people.

The rescue programmes included the distribution of 6,000 food baskets, 21,722 pieces of clothing items, 300 tents, 10,000 plastic covers and 989 other types of covers, besides the distribution of 7,600 Ramadan Iftar meals, along with medicines and medical supplies to treat diseases such as cholera, as well as health essentials for children.

The aid was part of the campaign implemented by the ERC to reduce famine in Somalia, in line with the directives of the UAE's wise leadership, including H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in the Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the ERC.

The ERC has been making sustained efforts to address the humanitarian needs in areas hit by poverty and drought, and its delegations managed despite the complications to reach the people displaced by drought.

Dr. Mohammed Ateeq Al Falahi, Secretary-General of the ERC, stressed that the organisation would continue its humanitarian, rescue and development efforts in Somalia with support from H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed.

The ERC was striving through its diverse activities in Somalia to improve the lives of the weakest sections, he stated.

He mentioned that the ERC was executing its plans to develop and reconstruct Somalia through co-operation and co-ordination with specialised authorities.

He maintained that the ERC was one of the first humanitarian organisations to work in Somalia, and this was owing to the directives of the UAE’s wise leadership, which has managed through its strong vision to assess the dangers to the people in Somalia due to drought, desertification, famine and conflicts.

Al Falahi clarified that the ERC had strengthened its humanitarian response towards the situations in Somalia and had executed consecutive campaigns to fight famine in the past few months.

He observed that the ERC’s efforts in this direction had made a difference in the rescue and development operations in Somalia.

Somalia still faced many humanitarian challenges, which would have to be addressed with co-ordination, as well as fruitful and constructive co-operation, between the humanitarian partners, he noted.

The first stage of the ERC’s developmental projects in Somalia includes building 100 residential units, a mosque, a shopping market, as well as implementing a project to provide water through three dams that would collect rain water.

In addition to digging 20 artesian wells and establishing two orphanages, three forage farms will be established to raise cattle. This would also include the provision for small productive projects to support the targeted families and improve their economic conditions.

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